The four aforementioned aircraft will be utilised by CMA CGM’s Air Cargo, division, which was set up as recently as February. The A350Fs , which have a capacity of 100 metric tons and a range of nearly 9,000 kilometers, will join the 4 Airbus A330-200F currently in its fleet. Two Boeing 777 freighter aircraft are also due to start in spring 2022.
As for the rail freight service, it shall offer intermodal solutions to serve the Rhur region in Germany – particularly Duisburg area.
The two new rail freight links offer the following:
CMA CGM dedicated Block-Train Duisburg via Fos
- Service with a weekly capacity of 96 TEU
- Rotation Fos > Duisburg D3T > Lyon > Fos
- Connecting with 2 core services MEX and MEX2 from and to Asia
- MEX m/v CMA CGM BALI voy. 0MEAXW1MA ETA Shanghai on December 7th, 2021
- Transit time port to Ramp Duisburg via Fos 2 days
CMA CGM dedicated Block-Train Duisburg via Marseille
- Service with a weekly capacity of 105 TEU designed for 45 HC PW transportation
- Rotation Marseille > Duisburg D3T > Marseille
- Connecting with 3 core services TMX1, TMX2 and Euronaf from and to East Med and North Africa
- TMX1 m/v DINA TRADER voy. 0HV34E1MA, TMX2 m/v MORAGE voy. 0HW31W1MA
- EURONAF m/v ATLANTIC GENEVA voy. 1VYXNS1MA & m/v ATLANTIC MERCHANT voy. 1VYXTW1MA
- Transit time port to Ramp Duisburg via Marseille 2 days
Q3 profits
The company has also announced Q3 net profits of of $5.6 billion. That represents a 60% rise on Q2, with the company optimistic Q4 will look even better.
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